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Cornell Law School Alumni Reunion June 10, 2011 2.0 NY CLE Skills Credits By Amy Emerson

Weathering the Stormy Economic Climate: Strategies for Conducting Online Legal Research Using Free and Low-Cost Resources. Cornell Law School Alumni Reunion June 10, 2011 2.0 NY CLE Skills Credits By Amy Emerson. Before Conducting Internet Research.

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Cornell Law School Alumni Reunion June 10, 2011 2.0 NY CLE Skills Credits By Amy Emerson

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  1. Weathering the Stormy Economic Climate: Strategies for Conducting Online Legal Research Using Free and Low-Cost Resources Cornell Law School Alumni Reunion June 10, 2011 2.0 NY CLE Skills Credits By Amy Emerson

  2. Before Conducting Internet Research • Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply and Questions to Ask (Alexa) • Example of a phony website • The “Deep Web”

  3. Initiating Your Online Research • Research Guides UCLA – Online Legal Research: Beyond LexisNexis & Westlaw Georgetown – Free and Low Cost Legal Research Law Library of Congress – Guide to Law Online • Search Engines Cornell Law Library – Legal Research Engine Lexis Web Google • Simple Name Search • Google Scholar – Legal Opinions & Journals • Google Book Search

  4. Free Online Legal Sources

  5. Justia • Public Library of Law • Open Jurist • FindLaw • Cornell’s Legal Information Institute • LexisNexis Communities

  6. Alternative, Low-Cost Subscription Sources

  7. Loislaw • Fastcase • Casemaker • VersusLaw

  8. Government Sources

  9. State websites, i.e. New York • GovEngine • State and Local Government on the Net • USA.gov • GPO Access (being replaced by FDsys) • Thomas

  10. Foreign & International Sources

  11. Cardiff Index to Legal Abbreviations • Online Translators: Google, Linguee, Beolingus • Legal Systems in the World Today • Globalex • Official Government Websites, i.e. Legifrance • Library of Congress GLIN • Legal Information Institutes, i.e. WorldLII

  12. American Society of International Law (ASIL) Guide • American Society of International Law (ASIL) EISIL • Treaties: US Department of State, THOMAS, UN • The International Judiciary in Context • Supreme Court Decisions from Around the World • European Union - Eur-Lex • United Nations – Documentation Center; Symbols

  13. Secondary Sources

  14. Most law reviews are now offering at least their most current issue online for free • ABA Free Full-text Law Review Search Engine • ABA Journal Blawg Directory • Justia Blawg Directory

  15. Ethics Materials

  16. Your Local Bar Association • LII - American Legal Ethics Library • ABA - Center for Professional Responsibility • Freivogel on Conflicts • Legal Ethics in Technology • National Organization of Bar Counsel

  17. Some Final Tips

  18. In New York, Supreme Court Libraries provide free Lexis and limited Westlaw • Firefox add-on: Jureeka • Firefox add-on: RECAP (PACER) • The Wayback Machine • LII - Basic Legal Citation

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